Calliandra angustifolia
COMMON NAME | Weeping Pink
Powderpuff Tree or Bobinsana |
TYPE | Tree |
FAMILY | Mimosaeae |
NOTES | An evergreen large
shrub or small tree, growing to 12' tall and wide. It flowers heavily all at
once up and down the branches, then takes a break and booms again. The powder
puff like blooms are pink tipped and white toward the center on an open vase
shaded plant. Bark and roots have long
been used by tribes of the Amazon basin in traditional herbal medicines to
treat various aliments. |
GEOGRAPHIC REGION | Amazon Basin |
NATIVE HABITAT | A riparian tree found
along banks of streams and rivers |
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